by Cindy Leszczynski | May 19, 2011 | Local
Hart and I routinely purchase a festival pass for the annual Winnipeg International Jewish Film Festival, and attend as many of the films as we can. Hart has his favourite spot in the back row, and if I can’t attend and neither Adam nor Yael are...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 18, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
Probably the greatest cost to a person living life without a clear purpose is that he won’t reach a fraction of his potential. He will become like the young man who was a yellow belt in five styles of karate. When this fellow was in grade school, he was...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 18, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
Football Player Put Back into Flabby Tycoon’s Body There was a novel written a number of years ago that opens with a young, professional football player who is preparing for the upcoming Super Bowl game. He is riding his bike on a country road to get into...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 18, 2011 | Torah Tidbits
“If you go in my ways and follow my statutes…Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and they will fall from your sword.” Vayikra 26:8 The Torah is very explicit that if the Jewish nation follows the ways of...
by Cindy Leszczynski | May 17, 2011 | Local
The JNF is gearing up for its Negev Gala on May 31 in honour of Minister of Water Stewardship Christine Melnick. Proceeds from the 2011 Negev Gala will go toward a joint research project between Manitoban and Israeli scientists, which will be conducted at Oak...